Aside from the wider humanitarian costs, Israel's illegal siege on Gaza is having a direct gender cost that militates against peace, write Mary Robinson and Lakhdar Brahimi
We have just visited the Gaza Strip where we met many courageous people (...)
GAZA: We have just visited the Gaza Strip where we met many courageous people trying to live relatively normal lives despite the crippling effects of the illegal Israeli blockade. The blockade was imposed to punish the Hamas-led government, but it (...)
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE: Across Africa, there are growing concerns, which the three of us share, that the continent is being marginalized in the major debates leading up to the COP15 climate-change summit in Copenhagen this month. While the main focus (...)
NEW YORK: This week the United Nations Human Rights Council will debate the report of the fact-finding mission led by Judge Richard Goldstone on human rights violations in the Gaza conflict. Let us hope it is a full and fair examination based on the (...)
PARIS: Sixty years ago this week, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first international proclamation of the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people. To this day, the Universal Declaration remains the (...)
